interoperability

VA and kaiser have started sharing limited data from EHRs based on standards developed by Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). They believe that it will lay foundation for the lager implications across the industry where lessons from two advanced but diverse delivery systems can contribute to learning more about interoperability. http://www.fcw.com/Articles/2009/11/30/VA-Kaiser-Permanente-share-digital-patient-data.aspx
Does that have any implications for NZ?

Dr. Sam Heard (Director @ openEHR Foundation and CEO Ocean Informatics Pty.) will talk about the use of new openEHR, a new electronic electronic health record and health data/information management paradigm, which has recently been adopted by ISO/CEN.

The evaluation and selection of health informatics standards, particularly the ones related with architecture and interoperability is a "hard" problem...We have performed a literature review and an environmental scan on this issue within the scope of a report comissioned by HISAC (Health Information Strategy Action Committee):
Strategic Directions for Health Informatics Content Interoperability in New Zealand. Auckland: The National Institute for Health Innovation; 2008 Oct 9.